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720: Brave new world by Doc

A first prize of £20 and two further prizes of £10 (or a copy of Chambers Dictionary, value £11.95 — ring the words 'Chambers Dictionary' above) will be awarded for the first three correct solutions opened on 27 August. Entries to: Crossword 720, The Spectator, 56 Doughty Street, London WC1N 2LL.

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The unclued l'ghts (all verifiable in Chambers) and those clued otherwise than by definition (all verifiable in Collins) are of a kind. Ignore one accent.

Name Address ACROSS 3 1 Dutch coins of little value (5) 4 Slash old black diamond (9) 4 9 Court case arranged till 5, e.g. (10, two words) 5 14 Revolutionary leader left 6 Scottish imp (5) 15 Heard paltry poet (5) 16 Incorrectly go and warn, 7 incorrectly (6) 21 It's not good, Anna (8) 8 22 A discussion preceding a cessation (7) 10 24 Still half for men only (4) 25 It is not that hard — sit back 13 outside (4) 15 33 By the way, cut gold nut (6) 34 It was pleasant rejecting a 17 rear-end injection (5) 35 Condemn last month by railway 18

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37 Almost excellent journalist went 19 stealthily (7) 38 Eleven hundred suggesting the 20 compere (5) 39 US tram and lorry crashed with 23 41 (10, hyphened) 41 See 39 (5) DOWN 1 Adept with sciatica turned to cripple (13) 2 Strip women in middle of road (6) With time, posh school embraces German (6) In Scotland knock over a fellow (6) See 9 (4) Little brother and men with stripes produced half-tamed horses (7) Lords rejected article about snow-shoe (5) One with a record in proper conversation (8) Diane wrecked beloved home, seriously (13, three words) Trace new gold-maker (7) First sew on label for knitted cape (6) One toilet erected in church for worker (6) Artifice lacking force is existing (6, two words) Noble allied with leading Frenchman (7) Small case a prince brought up (6) Note about black eyes — bats!

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26 Lad lied about 'Shrew' (7) 29 Near once, in spite of side issue (6) 32 Short preliminary passage of certain troubadours (5) 36 Heads of comprehensives resent educational experimentation (4) The solution to Crossword 717 is on page 36. Dictionary prizes are sent out by the 'Post-a-Book' service.